Arthur Almeida Cordeiro de Farias, International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 12, Issue 2, (Series-II) February 2022, pp. 05-22 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622-1202020522 5 | Page Analysis and design of structural elements of an industrial steel warehouse with overhead crane Arthur Almeida Cordeiro de Farias*, Douglas Mateus de Lima*, Iálysson da Silva Medeiros*, Henrique Tavares Lima*, Pablo Aníbal López-Yánez ** * (Center for Technology, Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Caruaru-PE, Brazil ** (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil ABSTRACT Advancing the growth and expansion of industries requires faster, more efficient, economical and durable construction. Allied to this, the need for transportation and lifting of loads inside industrial warehouses has become increasingly greater, without the loss of physical storage space. A very efficient way to solve this problem is the use of overhead cranes. This work consists of the design and verification of an industrial steel warehouse with an overhead crane, in which the warehouse's constituent elements were verified, as well as the bearing beam that supports the bridge. The static analysis of the structure was performed with the aid of the SAP 2000 software, which provided the active requests, and the displacement of the structural elements. The wind- related actions acting on the structure were determined in accordance to the Brazilian norm. The structural checks were made based on the criteria established by other Brazilian norms. The base plates of the shed columns were dimensioned using criteria and methods established in Steel Design Guide 1. Finally, the connections between the bottom chord and the bayonet and between the top chord and the bayonet are presented. Keywords-Industrial warehouse. Overhead crane. Rolling beam. Structuralanalysis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 09-02-2022 Date of Acceptance: 23-02-2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. INTRODUCTION The sheds are generally single-story constructions, which have large covered areas and are intended for commercial, industrial, agricultural and other purposes. In the industrial sector, there is often a need to transport and lift loads inside the sheds and, for this, it is necessary to use auxiliary equipment, such as overhead cranes. Furthermore, advancing the growth and expansion of industries requires faster constructions that are efficient, economical and durable. For this reason, the use of steel sheds becomes viable. Historical evidence shows that the use of cargo handling equipment emerged from the 1st century AD, in which, later on, the use of this equipment was more widespread for the construction of European cathedrals, still in the Middle Ages [1]. However, the most used system in the handling and lifting of loads in industries, mainly due to the lack of space, which limits the amount of machinery arranged inside the shed, is the overhead crane. According to [2], overhead cranes are equipment used in the transport and lifting of loads, generally with high capacities and high duty cycles. It is a structure, normally installed inside buildings, being possible to move loads, materials, equipment, among others, in the longitudinal, transversal and vertical directions, without reducing the useful storage area. With the use of overhead cranes, it is possible to reduce costs with labor and materials, in addition to improving the working conditions of employees. In this way, the implementation of overhead cranes in industrial warehouses increases the productive capacity of the area, as it will increase the internal space available for stock and movement of materials and equipment. The use of overhead cranes in industrial warehouses has been the subject of several analyzes carried out by researchers. Studies carried out by [3] can be highlighted, who developed a control scheme RESEARCH PAPER OPEN ACCESS